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Explorations in Health and Psychology (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

CD-ROM

An investigation into vital human physiological processes. Ten interactive animations using movement, colour, sound and interaction, cover lifespan and lifestyle, drug addiction, smoking and cancer, synaptic...

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Fat Cats and Skinny Mice (1997 Video)

aka: Fat Cats, Thin Mice

Producer

Deborah Cadbury

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at new approaches to weight loss, as one in seven people in Britain are reputed be clinically obese. Follows a women who underwent stomach-stapling surgery and looks at no-calorie fat (Olestra) and a...

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Effects of Hormones in Higher Plants (1941 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Uses time-lapse photography to show experiments which have been used to study of growth hormones in flowering plants. Shows phototropic and epinastic curvatures, the effect of decapitation of a coleoptile,...

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Explorations in Human Biology (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

CD-ROM

Shows human life processes by means of interactive animations. Sixteen modules cover cystic fibrosis, active transport, life span and lifestyle, muscle contraction, evolution of the heart, smoking and...

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Cellular Signals (1986 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at how cells respond to molecular signals from outside. Features bacterial chemotaxis and reviews current knowledge of how receptors influence the flagellar rotation. Discusses growth hormones and how...

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Endometrial Carcinoma (1996 Video)

Producer

A H Calvert; D P Sinha

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 32 min., 1996 sale: £49.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Presents the clinical, surgical research approach and controversial aspects in the management of endometrial carcinoma. Animated graphics demonstrate the recent stages in FIGO staging. Discusses the role of...

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Voice Disturbances in Women After Treatment with Virilising and Anabolic Hormones (1963 Film)

Director

H J Arndt

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Film (16mm)

High-speed cinematography of vibrations of vocal cords in a healthy untreated woman (400 Hz) and two women after treatment with testosterone (77 to 200 Hz) also treated with an anabolic hormone (150 and 164...

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Endocrine System 1 (1993 Video)

Producer

Bill Walker

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min., 1997 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p) (Viewtech)

Examines the functions of the endocrine system, which is the communications network within the body, the hormonal signals of which originate in the endocrine glands and are disseminated through the...

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Thyroid, The (1977 Audio)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Audiocassette. 60 min.

Synthesis of thyroglobulin, synthesis and nature of the thyroid hormones, control of the thyroid gland. Distribution, metabolism, latency and metabolic potency of the thyroid hormones with particular...

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Peptide Synthesis (1988 Video)

Producer

Ted Smith

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Concerned with the development of a drug which can be used as a contraceptive or as a possible cure for cancer. The drug has a similiar chemistry to a naturally occuring hormone but acts in a completely...

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